My approach to tubs have been influenced by two principals:
1. I'm a blonde. It's amazing how rapidly I can forget things. Which is why I try to simplify anything into the bare minimum of details that guarantees functionality. Upon my return to the sport, I didn't bother trying to relearn old tyre techniques - I just let long term memory and instinct take over and noted the results. So far this year I've had only one puncture, no rolloffs or other equipment failures, so long term memory must still be working. Which is amazing considering my intake of recreational drugs 30-35 years ago.
2. I'm a very firm believer in Murphy's Law, which is to say that the first time I take the lazy way out and pass of the routine precautions to save a few seconds, I'll invariably get a puncture/rolloff/whatever at the four-mile-out turnaround point in my morning route - on the day that I'm running late for work and was already planning on sprinting the whole way back to the house.
I've already bookmarked those technical paper paages and will probable pour over them tonight with a glass or two of wine. Always happy to learn something new - just not counting on remembering the details. Looking forward to any detail you have to offer.
George R. "Syke" Paczolt
Montpelier, VA USA
Deranged Few M/C
> This has been / is a fun thread.
> When you all are coasted out on threads, having worn
> through your tubular
> protectors, I'll fill in the gaps and give you
> reasons behind various
> techniques.
> Hopefully it will enlighten the darker areas of
> medieval necromance,
> superstition, hearsay, and misinformation, and get
> you nice and tight on the
> road and velodrome.
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates
> CA USA
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